Shank slotter



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Patented Jan. 30, 1951 SHANK SLOTTER William Stern, Park Ridge, 111.,assignor to Ininois Tool Works, Chicago, 111., a corporation of IllinoisApplication July 23, 1948, Serial N 0. 40,310

, 25 Claims.

This invention relates to an article working machine or mechanism, andmore particularly to a mechanism for slotting the shanks of screws,although the invention may be employed in a machine-for slotting screwheads.

A principal object of the invention is to provide a screw slottingmachine in which the screws are fed continuously from a delivery pointto a discharge point and material is progressively removed from eachscrew as it moves continuously between those points.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a screw slottingmachine a new or improved helical slotting or sawing blade whichcontinuously-and progressively removes relativelysmall increments ofmaterial from each screw to form Heretofore screw slotting machines,whether'for slotting the shanks of thread cutting screws or for slottingthe heads or screws, have usually employed a rotating turret, or areciprocating carrier, intermittently operated or advanced to position ascrew into the path of a saw and to hold the screw stationary during thetransverse movement of the saw. Such machines, although the partsthereof are operated at a very high speeds, are quite limited in thenumber of screws per minute which can be slotted. The present 1invention contemplates the provision of a screw slotting machine inwhich, although the parts are operated at a relatively slow speed,thereby increasing the life and decreasing the machine maintenancerequirements, the capacity of the machine in the number of screwsslotted per minute is greatly increased, i. e., from about two hundredscrews per minute to about eight hundred screws per minute.

It is another, more general object of the invention to provide a screwslotting machine composed of a minimum of parts, least. expensive andmost readily adaptable for the interchanging of parts or for adjustmentto handle different sizes and types of screws.

Other and further objects and advantagesof the invention will beapparent from the following description when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. l is a view partly in elevation and partly in vertical sectiontaken along the line l---! of Fig. 2;

Fig. -2 is a fragmentary plan view of the machine of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in section taken substantially along theline 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in Section taken substantially along theline 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in section taken substantially along theline 5 5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view in section taken substantially along the line6-6 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is a View in elevation of a screw slotting or sawing blade;

Fig. 8 is a View in elevation of parts forming a holder for the screwslotting blade or saw;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary View in horizontal section takensubstantially alon the line 9-9 of Fig. 4; 7

Fig. 101s a fragmentary view partly in plan and partly in section of amodification of the screw hold down mechanism of the machine of Figs. 1to 9, and also showing a modified form of screw conveyor block;

Fig. 11 is an enlarged view in vertical section taken substantiallyalong the line H-ll of Fig. 10;

Fig. 12 is a view in perspective of the modified form of screwreceivingblock as employed with the screw hold down mechanism of Figs. 10 and 11;and

Fig. 13 is a view in perspective of a slotted shank, thread cuttingscrew slotted by the machine embodying the present invention.

As shown in the drawings, a machine embodying the present invention maycomprise screw feeding means 2 of any usual construction in- Qhlding ascrew hopper 3 from which screws or screw blanks .5- are delivered byany suitable mechanism (not.shown) to an inclined screw feeding chute 4formed by spaced bars receiving between them the shanks of the screwelements or blanks and s pporting the heads of the screws. A cover bar 6arranged centrally of the chute and overlying in close relation theheads of the screws in the chute '4 prevents them from becoming tiltedand jammed insaid chute.

A continuously moving screw carrier 8 comprises ,a Silent chain [0passing about a drive sprocket or gear 12 and an idler gear or sprocketH, the sprocketlZ being secured to a drive shaft lfijournaled in a boss18 upstanding from a suitable support or stand (not shown), the shaft l6passing through asuitable opening'in a bed plate 28 mounted in anyconvenient manner on said support and stand and inclined, preferably atthe same angle as the chute 4. The sprocket I4 is journaled on a stud 22suitably secured in a boss upstanding from the same support or stand. Acontinuous series of screw receiving blocks 24 are secured by link pins25 to the Silent chain I8, each block having a plurality of slots orrecesses 28 to receive the shanks of the screws with the heads of thescrews resting on the top surfaces of the blocks. Each block has at itsopposite ends half recesses or slots 28 to cooperate with the halfrecess or slot 28 of the adjacent block to form a slot similar to slot26 and similarly receive the shank of a screw element so that the screwelements received in the blocks from the chute 4 are all equally spacedthe length of the chain as it passes the slotting station 38.

The screw carrier blocks 24 have beveled depending portions 3| slidablysupported by, and interfitted with the beveled rear edge of a continuoustrack 32 underlying the entire length of the Silent chain I8. At theslotting station 38 the chain I8 and the screw carrier blocks are i alsoguided and supported against inward movement by a support block 34having a guide projection received in guideways formed in the tops ofthe blocks 24. The block 34 is fastened to a mounting block 33 securedto the bed plate 28 and projecting upwardly between the arms of thetrack 32 and the parallel flights of the chain I8. The block 33 hasarecessed guide portion 36 and each block 24 has a complementary upper,rearward flange portion 31 engaging the guide portion 36. The front faceof the block 33 is positioned to form, as shown in Fig. 9, a guidesurface and a rear support for the links of the chain ID, at theslotting station.

A head engaging hold-down mechanism 38 at the assembling stationcomprises a roller chain 33 passing over idler sprockets 48 journaled onstuds 42 carried by mounting flanges 43 of a block 44 bolted to abracket 45 upstanding from the bed plate 28. The lower flight of theroller chain 39 passes beneath rollers 46 carried by blocks 48 securedto rods 58 slidably mounted in a forwardly projecting flange '52 of theblock 44. Coil springs 54 encircle the rods 58 and are interposedbetween the flange 52 and the roller carrying blocks 48 so that thesprings 54 and blocks 48 and rollers 46 urge the lower flight of thechain 39 downwardly and maintain the roller chain in engagement with theheads of the screws as they pass the slotting station.

The slotting mechanism 58 preferably comprises a first mounting block 58adjustably secured to the bed plate 28 as by bolts 68 received in slots62 in the mounting block so that the block 58 may be adjusted toward andfrom the screw carrier blocks 24 as they are carried by the chainconveyor past the slotting station. The mounting block 58 is providedwith an upstanding, perpendicular flange 64 having slots 88 forreceiving mounting bolts 88 by means of which a slide guide 16 isadjustably secured to the first mounting block 58 for adjustment in aplane perpendicular to the bed plate and axially of the screws at theslotting station. A generally U-shaped block I2 is slidably mounted onthe guide 18, as best seen in Fig. 4, and is provided at one end with anL-shaped bracket portion I4 extending over the end of the upstandingflange 64 of the first mounting block 58. The bracket portion 14 carriesan adjusting screw '16 which is threaded thereinto and engages the 4 endof the flange 64 so that by adjustment of the screw 18 the position ofthe U-shaped block '12 lengthwise of the guide I8 may be determined. Theslide block 12 is locked in adjusted position with respect to the guideI8 as by locking screw 18.

The slotting saw 88, best seen in Figs. 6 to 8, comprises a helical sawblade 82 consisting of a plurality of centrally apertured disks 84 eachtwisted in an axial direction to form a helix, the helices of theplurality of disks being of the same pitch and diameters, so that thedisk edges may be aligned to form the complete helical blade.

The several disks 84 are then threaded into a spring-like holder 88which consists of a helix, the spacing between the adjacent convolutionscorresponding to the thickness of the disks 84 and the width of thematerial forming the helical band corresponding to the distance betweenthe adjacent convolutions of the saw blade. The helically twisted disksof the saw blade having been threaded in the proper manner into theresilient helical holder 88, the holder is mounted on a sleeve 98between collars 92 and 94 having inner faces 96 and 98 in the form of ahelix of a single convolution, the outer faces I88 and I82 of thecollars 92 and 94 being flat. The sleeve 98 is provided at one end withan integral, enlarged head portion I84 having opposed flat, or chordalsurfaces I86. The opposite end of the sleeve 98 is externally threadedas at I88 to receive an internally threaded nut or collar III] alsohaving opposed flat, or chordal surfaces H2.

The helical disks having been assembled with the helical holder and withthe collars 82 and 94 on the sleeve 98, suitable wrenches are engagedwith the flat surfaces of the head I84 of the sleeve and the collar III]and the sleeve and collar rotated relatively so that the resilientholder 88 and the collars 92 and 94 firmly clamp the saw blade on thesleeve and for rotation therewith.

In fabricating the saw, the several disks 84, prior to the formation ofthe teeth therein, are first sheared and bent into helical form, andthen heat treated. After heat treatment they are placed within asuitable helical holder, and drawn to relieve hardening stresses. Theseveral disks 84 are then assembled within the holder 88, as previouslydescribed, and after being clamped therein between the arms IIB of theU-shaped block i2 the teeth II4 are ground in the periphery of theseveral disks to form the saw 82.

A driving shaft II8, carrying a key I28, is inserted into the sleeve 98and keyed thereto, the shaft being journaled in bearings or bushings I22in the arms IIB of the block 12. A nut I24 on one end of the shaft and agear 28 pinned on the other end of the shaft secure it against axialmovement. The gear I26 meshes with a gear I28 on a drive shaft I38journaled in suitable bearing brackets such as I32, shown in Fig. l. Theshaft I38 may be driven by any suitable electric motor or other primemover (not shown).

A gear I34 on the main drive shaft I38 meshes with a gear I36 on asecond shaft I38 journaled in a suitable arm or support I48 carried bythe main supporting stand, Fig. 1. The shaft I38 has secured to it aworm I42 which drives a worm wheel I44 affixed on the lower end of thesprocket drive shaft I6 for the chain II).

In operation, threaded screw elements or blanks are delivered in acontinuous succession by the gravity feed chute 4 to the blocks 24carried by the continuously moving chain conveyor l0 and'are received inrecesses of the blocks in the same orientation and inclination as theyare delivered at the end of the gravity chute, the head of each screwelement resting upon an upper exposed surface of a block. The screws arealso received in recesses '28 formed by half recesses in adjacent screwblocks so that the screw elements are spaced uniformly of "the screwconveyor as they are fed toward, through and beyond the slottingstation. As the -"continuously moving chain conveyor carries the screwelements to the slotting station 3t they are brought beneath the rollerchain 39 as illustrated in Fig. 3, the plungers "50 through the rollers46 serving to depress the central portion of thechain so that portionsofthe chain onop posite sides of the central portion, and extending to theidler sprockets 411, are inclined, thus permitting gradual introductionof the continuously moving screw elements under the chain and graduallyinto engagement therewith.

Throughout the slotting station, i. e., the central portion of the chain39, the heads of the screw elements are engaged by and positionedbetween adjacent rollers of the chain, as shown in Fig. 5, and thescrews thus held against tilting in the recesses of the blocks as theshanks of the screw elements are slotted by the slotting saw. As thescrew carryingblocks move through the slotting station, chain It) andblocks 24 slidably engage the blocks 33 and blocks 34 and are therebysupported against'inwardmovement during the slotting operation.

The pitch of the saw blade 82 is "madefequal to the distance betweenadjacent recesses 26 oi the screw receiving blocks and the speed of thechain conveyor I0 is made proportionate to "the leadand speed ofrotation of the saw blade so that'once the screw element has beenengaged"by the saw blade it will remain in engagement therewith until it hasreached the opposite endof the blade. It should be noted that, as shownin Fig. 2, the slotting saw is so mounted that it rotates about an axiswhich, in a plane transverse "to the shanks of the screw elements, isinclined "to the path of movement of the screw elements and the leadingend of this saw blade is spaced "farther from the path of the screwelements than the trailing end. Thus, as the screw elements movecontinuously past the saw, the saw progressively removes the materialfrom the shank of the screw element, as illustrated in Fig."9,to providethe final inclined slot I4'I in the screw'5, asillus- 'trated in Fig.13. The angle of tilt of the saw blade with respect to the path ofmovement, of the screws is such that each tooth on the helical saw bladecuts approximately .0015 inch from the shank of the screw.

By this continuous, progressive cutting or forming of the slot in thescrew during its movemerit for a substantial distance, applicant .isenabled to perform the cutting operation at a relatively slow rate,hence permitting the saw to be rotated at a relatively slow speed andthe screws to be fed at a relatively slow speed. By employing a helicalsaw blade with a plurality of convolutions and feeding the screws inspaced relation-conforming to the pitch or lead of the helical sawblade, applicant is enabled to perform the cutting operation on a numberof screws at the same time. The tilting of the saw blade with respect tothe path of movement of the screws permits the slots in the screws to beformed by a progressive removal of quite small increments 6 of materialso that the life of the saw bladeis greatly increased. 1

By employing a helical saw blade which of progressively increasingdiameter along its length, progressively deeper cuts into the screwheads may be efiected with the saw blade holder and the screw conveyordisposed with their axes parallel. Suc'h arrangement may in certaininstances be desired so as to avoid the angular disposition of the sawblade holder.

When the screws have been slotted and passed beyond the slotting stationthey are carried continuously to an extractor means -or blade I48overlying the path of movement of the screw receiving blocks 24. Theextractor means "or blade I48 has an inclined edge or camming surfaceI5ll extending outwardly at an angle from the path of movement of thescrew elements while they are in the block 24. Thus as the screwreceiving blocks "24 move continuously at a uni form rate to bring theslotted screw elements into engagement with the camming edge 150, theheads of the screw elements being engaged by that camming edge areprogressively moved transversely to the recesses 26 and 2'8 in theblocks 24 until they are completely released from the blocks and droptherefrom "into a suitable receiving pan (not shown) or other receptacleor onto 'a suitable conveyor (not shown).

In certain instances, wherein the screw "heads are relatively small andfiat, or otherwise '-unadapted to removal "by a blade such as memberHi8, a jet of air positioned for action at the location of the "blade I48may be employed.

For the purpose of holding screw elements having certain shaped heads,i. e., flat, countersunk, etc., which would cause the screw elements tobe tilted in the receiving recesses o'fthe screw receiving blocks of theconveyor if engaged by the rollerchain hold-down 38 of the form shown inFigs. 1 and 3 to '5, applicant has provided the alternative hold-downmechanism -I-52,- Figs. l0 and 11. As shown in these'figures, theholddown mechanism comprises a small Silent chain I54, from which thesprocket engaging teeth have been removed, the-chain passing aboutidlersprockets I journaled on studs 156 secured to the end flanges I51 of ablock I58 bolted to the bracket 45. As also shown in Figs. 10 and 1-1,

and Fig. '12, the conveyor blocks I6I for the screws are in thisinstance provided with the receiving screw pockets all inwardlydisplaced from the ends of the blocks, so that each screw pocket iscontained within a single block and will be accurately gauged as to sizeat all *times irrespective of the relative positioning between theblocks. Plunger rods I60 are mounted in vertical apertures in theblock I58, and 'carry chain mounting and guide blocks I59, the plunger rodsbeing mounted in block I58 for movement in a vertical plane so that thechain -I'54 lies in a horizontal plane and therefore at an angle to theheads of the screw elements received in blocks I6I, the blocks I6Ihaving forwardly projecting portions I62 with inclined screw receivingrecesses I 63 to position the screws at an angle to the horizontal chainI54. 3

Coil springs I64 corresponding to the coil Springs 54 surround the rodsI60 and are interposed between the block I58 and the guideblocks I59 towhich the plunger rods are secured. The blocks I59 are formed withdepending portions I65 and inwardly extending portions I56 forming aguide channel for the rear 'flight of the Silent chain 54 so that thechain will Lnot be tilted when it engages with the flat head of thescrew element I68, as shown in Fig. 11. It should be noted that thedownward pressures of the springs I64 are exerted on the forward edge orcorner of the head of the screw, so that the shank of the screw elementis urged against the rear or back wall surface of the recesses I63 ofthe blocks IBI. At the same time the downward pressures of the springsexerted on the screw heads through the Silent chain conveyor hold theflat heads of the screw elements against the upper surfaces of the screwreceiving blocks. It will be evident that screw elements havingcountersunk or frusto-conical heads will be en gaged in like manner bythe Silent chain conveyor I54 and similarly held in the recesses I63 ofthe screw blocks I 6|.

It is to be understood that the hold-down mechanism as shown in Figs. 10and 11 is not limited in use to screws having flat or frustoconicalheads but may be also used in a similar manner for holding down screwsthe heads of which are round, such as the screws illustrated in Figs. 1to 9, as well as other screws having variously shaped heads.

The term helical is used herein in reference to the material workingedge of the tool or saw to describe a coil consisting of convolutionsconforming generally to a screw thread, as distinguished from a coilsuch as a watch spring which expands radially outwardly from a center.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that applicant hasprovided a screw slotting machine in which the screws are fedcontinuously from a delivery point to a discharge point and material isprogressively removed from each screw as it moves continuously betweenthose points; in a screw slotting machine a new or improved helicalslotting or sawing blade which continuously and progressively removesrelatively small increments of material from each screw to form thereina slot of substantial depth; a means for continuously feeding screwspast a cutting or sawing blade having its axis of rotation inclined tothe path of feed of the screw element and means for supporting eachscrew element against axial and transverse movement as it is carried bythe feeding means past the cutting or sawing blade; a screw slottingmachine in which, although the parts are operated at a relatively lowspeed, thereby increasing the life and decreasin the machine maintenancerequirements, the ca pacity of the machine in the number of screwsslotted per minute is greatly increased, i. e., from about two hundredto about eight hundred screws per minute, and a screw slotting machinecomposed of a minimum of parts, least expensive and most readilyadaptable for the interchanging of parts or for adjustment to handledifferent sizes and types of screws.

It will be obvious that changes may be made in the form, constructionand arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit of theinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and the right is herebyreserved to make all such changes as fairly fall within the scope of thefollowing claims.

The invention is hereby claimed as follows:

1. In an article working apparatus, a rotary working tool having ahelical material working edge, a movable article conveyor, a pluralityof means for positioning a plurality of articles on said conveyor inpredetermined spaced relation in accordance with the lead of the helicalworking ed e of sa d. tool, and means for continuously moving saidconveyor in timed relation to the rotative speed of said tool to movesaid article positioning means successively into predetermined positionsof registration with the helical working edge of said tool, wherebyspaced articles may be correspondingly moved successively into operativeengagement and predetermined registration with said working edge.

2. In an article working apparatus, a rotary working tool having ahelical material working edge, a movable article conveyor, means forpositiom'ng a plurality of articles for movement by said conveyor inpredetermined spaced relation in accordance with the lead of the helicalworking edge of said tool, and means for moving said conveyor in timedrelation to the rotative speed of said tool to move said articles spacedby said positioning means successively into operative engagement andpredetermined registration with said working edge.

3. In an article working apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein saidhelical working edge and said article conveyor are disposed for relativeapproaching movement laterally of the path of movement of the conveyedspaced articles from the point of initial registration of the helicaledge of the tool 'With an article toward the completion of the operativeengagement of said helical edge with said article.

4. In an article working apparatus as set forth in claim 3, wherein thedisposition of said helical working edge and said article conveyor issuch that said relative approaching movement is progressively uniformthroughout the operative engagement of said helical working edge with anarticle.

5. In an article working apparatus as set forth in claim 2, having meansfor effecting relative adjustment between the helical working edge ofsaid tool and the path of movement of the conveyed articles.

6. In an article working apparatus as set forth in claim 2, in which theaxial pitch of the helical working edge of the rotary tool is equal tothe distance between articles spaced by said positioning means.

7. In an article working apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein theaxis of the rotary tool is angularly disposed with respect to the pathof movement of the conveyed articles as said articles move past saidtool.

8. In an article working apparatus, a rotary working tool having ahelical material working edge, an endless conveyor having a plurality ofarticle receivers spaced in accordance with the lead of the helicalworking edge of said tool, means for delivering articles to thereceivers of the conveyor, and means for moving said conveyor in timedrelation to the rotative speed of said tool to move said spaced articlessuccessively into' operative engagement and predetermined registrationwith the working edge of said tool.

9. In an article working apparatus as set forth in claim 8, includingmeans for supporting an article against displacement transversely of itspath of movement during operative engagement of the tool with thearticle.

10. In an article working apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein theconveyor constitutes an endless flexible structure and the articlesupporting means comprises means for resisting transverse displacementof the endless flexible conveyor structure.

1.1- In an apparatus tor slo ting screw elements, a rotary slotting toolhaving a helical working edge, a movable conveyor for screw elements, aplurality of screw element receiving means for positioning a pluralityof received screw elements on said conveyor in predetermined spacedrelation in accordance with the lead of the helical working edge of saidslotting tool, and means for moving said conveyor in timed relation tothe rotative speed of said slotting tool to move said screw elementreceiving means successively into predetermined positions ofregistration with the helical working edge of said slotting tool,whereby spaced screw elements may be correspondingly moved successivelyinto predetermined slotting registration with said working edge.

12. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements as set forth in claim11, wherein the rotary slotting tool comprises a helical slotting sawstructure.

13. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements as set forth in claim11, wherein the screw element conveyor is an endless conveyor structure.

14. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements as set forth in claim13, having means for feeding screw elements to the endless conveyorstructure in advance of the slotting tool.

15. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements as set forth in claim13, having means for ejecting screw elements from the conveyor after theelements have been slotted by said tool.

16. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements as set forth in claim11, wherein the rotary slotting tool is mounted for axial adjustment.

17. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements as set forth in claim11, having screw element engaging means for restraining a screw elementagainst dislodgement from the conveyor during operative engagement ofsaid screw element with the slotting tool.

18. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements as set forth in claim17, wherein the restraining means includes an endless flexible screwelement engaging member.

19. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements as set forth in claim11, wherein the screw element receiving means comprises screw elementsupporting members mounted on the conveyor for receiving and supportingscrew elements with their shanks exposed for operative engagement withthe helical working edge of said slotting tool.

20. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements, a rotary slotting toolhaving a helical working edge, an endless conveyor, a plurality of screwelement receiving blocks secured to said conveyor for positioning aplurality of received screw elements in predetermined spaced relation inaccordance with the lead of the helical work ing edge of said slottingtool, and means for moving said conveyor continuously at a uniform rateproportionate to the rotative speed of said slotting tool to move thescrew element receiving blocks successively into predetermined positionsof registration with the helical working edge of said slotting tool,whereby spaced screw elements carried by said blocks ma becorrespondingly moved successively into predetermined slottingregistration with said helical edge of said slotting tool.

21. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements as set forth in claim20, wherein the screw receiving blocks are provided with shankaccommodating grooves and head supporting surfaces.

22. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements as set forth in claim21, having means for engaging each screw receiving block as it is movedpast said slotting tool to prevent lateral movement of said block duringoperative engagement of the tool with a screw element received in theblock.

23. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements as set forth in claim20, having an idler chain mounted to engage the screw elements as theyare moved past said slotting tool to prevent displacement of the screwelements relative to the blocks during the engagement of the screwelements with said tool.

24. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements as set forth in claim23, having spring urged means for causing the idler chains to engage thescrew elements in the screw receiving blocks of the conveyor as thescrew elements are carried past the slotting tool.

25. In an apparatus for slotting screw elements as set forth in claim20, having means adapted to engage the heads of screw elements in saidblocks as said blocks are moved past said slotting tool to preventshifting of said screw elements relative to the blocks during theslotting of said elements by said tool.

WILLIAM STERN.

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